convent wall
Frequency: 4.82.1 per million words
The physical and symbolic boundaries of the convent, often used as 'within the convent walls' to mean inside the convent.
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- Life within the convent walls was simple and disciplined.
- The high convent wall was built of ancient, weathered stone.
- She found a sense of peace she had never known within the convent walls.
- News from the outside world rarely penetrated the formidable convent walls.
- For her, the convent walls represented not a prison, but a sanctuary.
- A small, hidden gate in the convent wall was used for deliveries.
- The secrets of the ancient order were kept safely within the convent walls.
- Ivy slowly crept up the centuries-old convent wall, covering it in green.
- They lived a life of quiet contemplation behind the imposing convent walls.
- She decided to leave the familiar comfort of the convent walls and face the world.